Configurable Real-Time File Offload Prioritization

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for offloading aircraft data. The aircraft data are received over a network data collection interface associated with an aircraft recording system (ARS). The ARS is adapted to produce aircraft-data messages via a message-broker proxy related to the data received. An associated message is received, and it is determined whether an event has occurred via an event detector process interface. Next, a tag is applied to the event based upon a determination that the event has occurred. The tagged event is then published via the message broker. A published event is received and then recorded to a file via a media recording process interface. It is then determined which data to offload from a recorded event file via a file manager. The associated data is then transmitted via a data offload pathway to a data hub.

Having thus described various embodiments of the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent includes the following: 
     
         1 . A data-offloading prioritization method for offloading data associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:
 receiving, over a network data collection interface, aircraft data via an aircraft-data ingestion process interface of an aircraft recording system (ARS), wherein the ARS comprises a processing unit having a memory for storing software instructions and a processor for executing the instructions;   producing a message via a Pub/Sub inter-process communication (IPC) proxy related to the data received;   receiving the message and determining whether an event has occurred via an event detector process interface;   applying a tag to the event upon a determination that the event has occurred;   publishing a tagged event via the Pub/Sub IPC proxy;   receiving a published event and recording the published event to file via a media recording process interface;   determining what data to offload from a recorded event file via a file manager; and   transmitting the data via a data offload pathway to a data hub.   
     
     
         2 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 1 , wherein the event detector process interface is an event detector applet. 
     
     
         3 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 1 , wherein the media recording process interface is a media recorder applet. 
     
     
         4 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 1 , wherein the network data collection interface comprises a wireless network interface. 
     
     
         5 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 1 , wherein the network data collection interface comprises a wired network interface. 
     
     
         6 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 5 , wherein the wired network interface is an Ethernet interface. 
     
     
         7 . The data offloading prioritization method of  claim 1 , wherein the data offload pathway is a data-offload wireless network interface. 
     
     
         8 . An aircraft-data offloading prioritization device for offloading data associated with an aircraft, the aircraft-data offloading prioritization device comprising:
 an aircraft data collection interface adapted to transmit, over a network data collection interface, aircraft data via an aircraft-data ingestion process interface of an aircraft recording system (ARS), wherein the ARS comprises a processing unit having a memory for storing software instructions and a processor for executing the instructions;   an aircraft data transmitter adapted to transmit a message related to the data received, via one or more proxies associated with a message broker,
 wherein the ARS receives the message and determines whether an event has occurred via an event detector process interface, 
 wherein applying a tag to the event based on the event detector process interface includes determining that the event has occurred to produce a tagged event, and 
 wherein the message broker publishes a new message associated with the tagged event to produce a published event message; and 
   an event receiver adapted to receive the published event message and to record the published event message a media recording process interface,
 wherein the ARS identifies tagged aircraft data to offload from a recorded event file via a file manager, and 
 wherein the ARS transmits the tagged aircraft data via a data offload pathway to a data hub. 
   
     
     
         9 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the event detector process interface is an event detector applet. 
     
     
         10 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the message broker comprises a Pub/Sub inter-process communication (IPC) proxy. 
     
     
         11 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the aircraft-data ingestion process interface comprises a data ingestion applet. 
     
     
         12 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the media recording process interface comprises a media recording applet. 
     
     
         13 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the data offload pathway comprises a wireless network. 
     
     
         14 . The aircraft-data offloading prioritization device of  claim 8 , wherein the data offload pathway comprises a wired network. 
     
     
         15 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method for data-offloading prioritization for offloading data associated with an aircraft, the method comprising:
 receiving, over a network data collection interface, aircraft data via an aircraft-data ingestion process interface of an aircraft recording system (ARS), wherein the ARS comprises a processing unit having a memory for storing software instructions and a processor for executing the instructions;   producing a message via a Pub/Sub IPC proxy related to the data received;   receiving the message and determining whether an event has occurred via an event detector process interface;   applying a tag to the event upon a determination that the event has occurred;   publishing a tagged event via the Pub/Sub IPC proxy;   receiving a published event and recording the published event to file via a media recording process interface;   determining what data to offload from a recorded event file via a file manager; and   transmitting the data via a data offload pathway to a data hub.   
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 15 , wherein the ARS is a component of an ARS complex, the ARS complex further comprising a physical interface, a power indicator, and a status indicator. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 15 , wherein the tag is applied to one or more prioritized aircraft events, wherein the one or more prioritized aircraft events are prioritized based on a time-critical attribute associated with the one or more prioritized aircraft events. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 15 , wherein recording the published event to file via a media recording process interface comprises persisting metadata associated with the published event to one or more non-volatile memories associated with the ARS. 
     
     
         19 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 18 , wherein the media recording process interface is a media recording applet. 
     
     
         20 . The non-transitory computer-readable media of  claim 15 , wherein the data hub comprises one or more of: a server, cloud storage, or an Internet-of-Things (IoT) platform.